Rape charges filed in alleged New Year's incident

3:15 PM,
Jan. 2, 2011

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ST. GEORGE ­-- Authorities arrested a man late Saturday on rape charges.

Kevin Dwayne Pikyavit, 38, allegedly raped, assaulted and threatened a womanon the Shivwits Indian Reservation west of Ivins.

Washington County Sheriff¹s detective Nate Abbott said deputies responded to a domestic violence call in the early morning hours Saturday and arrived to find the alleged victim at the home in which both she and Pikyavit had been living. ...